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Chandrakona Road | |
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Inhabited place | |
  Chandrakona Road Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Chandrakona Road Chandrakona Road (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:22°44′13″N87°20′11″E / 22.73694°N 87.33652°E /22.73694; 87.33652 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,Santali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721253 (Satbankura) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03227 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jhargram |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Salboni |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Chandrakona Road is an inhabited place in theGarhbeta IIICD block in theMedinipur Sadar subdivision of thePaschim Medinipur district,West Bengal,India.
Chandrakona Road is located at22°44′13″N87°20′11″E / 22.73694°N 87.33652°E /22.73694; 87.33652.
The Paschim Medinipur district, before separation from Jhargram, had a total forest area of 1,700 km2, accounting for 14.31% of the total forested area of the state. It is obvious from the map of the Midnapore Sadar subdivision, placed alongside, is that there are large stretches of forests in the subdivision. The soil is predominantlylateritic.[1] Around 30% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision. 13.95% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.05% lives in the rural areas.[2]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Garbeta police station has an outpost at Chandrakona Road.[3]
The town is situated at the intersection of theNational Highway 14, running fromMorgram toKharagpur (OldNational Highway 60) and theNational Highway 116B, running fromNandakumar toChandaneswar.
Chandrakona Road railway station is situated onKharagpur–Bankura–Adra line of South Eastern railway zone.
Gourav Guin Memorial College was established at Chandrakona Road, POSatbankura in 2008. Affiliated withVidyasagar University, it offers honours courses in Bengal, English and history and a general course in arts.[4][5]
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